Seizure outcome in children treated for arteriovenous malformations using gamma knife radiosurgery

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 139-144

  Gerszten, Peter C ^a   Adelson, P David ^a   Kondziolka, Douglas ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; Epilepsy children; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; SEIZURE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030016686     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121030     Document Type: Article

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